Archive for Sunday, September 16, 2007

16 September 2007

Psalm 24, 29; 1 Kings 19:8-21; Acts 5:34-42; John 11:45-47

Go back the way you came. We never like to hear those words when they mean re-visiting the scene of failure. Elijah can’t avoid going back to the scene in order to deal with his doubts and fears to see that the Lord has the situation under control. His little speech doesn’t go over particularly well, beginning with declaration about his faithfulness and zealousness and that he alone can make this claim. The Lord’s rebuke is that Elijah isn’t alone in faithfulness, there are as many as 7,000 others who cam lay claim and none of them is in this cave with Elijah, hiding from Jezebel. We tend to look for God in the big things when sometimes we need to listen and look more closely for Him. Read the rest of this entry »

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